The reported study aimed to identify the effects of two 10-week intervention programs on fundamental locomotor skill performance in kindergarten children. Seventy-five children with mean age 5.4 plus or minus 0.5 years participated. Experimental Group A followed a movement program, experimental Group B followed a music and movement program, and…

In September 2005, the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) launched the Out-of-School Time Programs for Youth (OST) initiative to provide young people throughout New York City with access to high-quality programming after school, on holidays, and during the summer at no cost to their families. Working closely with…

In September 2005, the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) launched the Out-of-School Time Programs for Youth (OST) initiative to provide young people throughout New York City with access to high-quality programming after school, on holidays, and during the summer at no cost to their families. Working closely with…

This study evaluated the efficacy of 2 programs for preventing depressive symptoms in adolescents. Participants were 380 high school students randomly assigned to a cognitive-behavioral program (CB), an interpersonal psychotherapy-adolescent skills training program (IPT-AST), or a no-intervention control. The interventions involved eight 90-min…

This report is intended to provide ideas to assist professionals and students in the exploration of tangible symbols for intervention purposes in working with visually capable individuals with disabilities. The first section provides an overview of tangible symbols and discusses the differences between tangible symbols and tangible objects, when…

The Summer Academic Skills Enhancement Program (SASEP) was offered in June-August 1993 to provide Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) clients with the reading comprehension and language mechanics skills required for employment in entry-level positions. A total of 125 referred clients were enrolled into both of two remedial courses of study.…

The authors review the elements of traditional student teacher internship programs that undermine the students' development of teaching skills. Communication among the supervising and cooperating teachers and the student teacher must be effective. Suggestions for establishing a successful relationship are given. (JL)

Evaluated the relative effectiveness of observation-feedback (OF) and skill-based (SB) training methods, as well as sequences of training on the acquisition of structuring and relationship skills. Concluded that the OF-SB sequence showed significant gains in the acquisition of relationship skills. Discussed implications for the training of family…

Third and final article in a series by the author; see also "Elementary English, vol. 46, no. 7 (November 1969), 886-94 and vol. 46, no. 8 (December 1969), 1021-30. (RD)

Evaluated a parent education program for fathers, which used a systematic skills approach focusing on communication skills. The program resulted in an improvement in fathers' communication skills, specifically, in their overall sensitivity. Significantly more experimental than control children perceived positive changes in their relationships with…

Reviews an inservice training workshop for employment counselors on the skill of job development. Evaluations showed a need for additional inservice training on job development skills, including follow-up, marketing, using outside resources, matching employer needs with client capabilities, speaking before groups, effective verbal communication…

Describes a program for training people to apply generic problem-solving techniques to personal problems. Male student volunteers (N=64) were assigned to a training group or no-training control group. The training group achieved a higher standard in their bachelor's degrees and developed an increased belief in internal control. (Author/JAC)

A learning strategy system and a set of training procedures to facilitate the communication of this system to college-age students were developed. Students receiving this training exhibited significantly greater positive precourse-postcourse changes on comprehension/retention and self-report measures than did students in the control groups.…

This study examined the effects of training three individuals to teach parents of preschool children with disabilities to implement milieu language teaching and generalize these skills for home use. Four strategies for parent training were taught. All six children increased use of target language skills in training sessions and showed modest…

Reviews data on the skill level and readiness for independence of adolescents who are placed in the substitute care system in Washington State. Findings suggest that many of these youth do well in terms of skill learning and performance, and are prepared for independence upon emancipation. Nevertheless, remedial training is suggested to better…